At the request of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a series of six one day workshops to examine the current scientific landscape and research opportunities for improving diagnosis within the U.S. health care system. Each workshop will focus on a different condition or population associated with a disproportionate share of diagnostic error and patient harm. The workshops will focus on:

1. Acute cardiovascular events,
2. Infections (particularly hospital-related infections),
3. Selected cancers,
4. Diagnostic lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic,
5. Diagnosis for older adults, and
6. Diagnosis for maternal health care.

Workshop participants will consider strategies to reduce patient harm from diagnostic errors in the selected disease categories or populations. Presentations and discussions will also emphasize initiatives used to lower costs and redundancies in the diagnostic process, while improving health outcomes. Critical components include development and validation of measurement approaches to strengthen accountability for diagnostic performance.
In consultation with sponsor staff, planning committees will be established to develop each of the workshop agendas, invite speakers, and discuss data and information relevant to clinical practices, published studies, and new developments in the field of diagnostic excellence. Some planning committee members will be selected to participate in the planning of all 6 workshops, for continuity across workshops. Agenda topics may include:

• new technologies,
• innovations using artificial intelligence,
• machine- and crowd-learning strategies for assessing patient safety,
• quality improvement, and
• accountability related to diagnostic errors.

For cancer-related activities, the workshop could be conducted in collaboration with the National Cancer Policy Forum at the National Academies.
In accordance with institutional guidelines, a designated rapporteur will prepare proceedings-in brief of each workshop based on the presentations and discussion during that workshop. The proceedings will be subject to the National Academies review procedures prior to release. A communications product will also be developed to recap the discussions at the six workshops.